New hope for transplant patients: drug targets stubborn immune attack
NCT ID NCT06343792
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a drug called RLS-0071 in 66 hospitalized patients who have severe graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after a stem cell transplant and did not improve with steroids. The drug is given for 7 to 14 days to see if it is safe and helps control the immune reaction. The goal is to find the right dose and measure how well patients respond.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- RLS-0071
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new treatment option for patients with severe graft-versus-host disease that does not respond to steroids.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 2 trial with only 66 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The drug may cause side effects or fail to improve outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 66 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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12 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female adults or adolescents (\>12 years old). * Hospitalized with steroid-refractory aGvHD (grade II-IV) after allo-HSCT * Anticipated hospital length-of-stay of at least 1 week from the time of RLS-0071 initiation. * No plans to add additional GvHD treatment medications or to add, dose-adjust, or discontinue GvHD prophylactic medications during the 7-days of RLS-0071 treatment. * Neutrophil recovery following the stem-cell transplantation, defined as blood neutrophil count \>500/mL for at least 3 consecutive measurements and not supported by growth factor supplementation * Weight ≥40 kg and ≤ 140 kg at screening. Exclusion Criteria: * Has received more than 1 allo-HSCT * Current, previous, or planned use of any systemic treatment in addition to or other than corticosteroids or ruxolitinib for aGvHD * Previous failure of ruxolitinib treatment * Uncontrolled GI infection * Endoscopic and biopsy testing (if performed) that definitively rules out lower GI aGvHD * Chronic GvHD * Participants with evidence of relapsed primary disease, or participants who have been treated for relapse after the allo-HSCT was performed. * Unresolved toxicity or complications (other than aGvHD) due to the allo-HSCT * Any corticosteroid therapy for indications other than aGvHD at doses of methylprednisolone or equivalent \>1 mg/kg per day within 7 days of enrollment. * Severe organ dysfunction unrelated to underlying aGvHD * Known hypersensitivity, allergy, or anaphylactic reaction to polyethylene glycol (PEG) * Significant liver disease that is unrelated to GvHD * Severe kidney disease * Currently breast feeding. * Known pregnancy, a positive pregnancy test at screening, or lactation for WOCBP. * Active hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus infection that requires treatment or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 or HIV-2. * Active sepsis
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
5 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Site 1068
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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Site 1091
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGDuarte, California, 91010, United States
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Site 1100
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGCincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States
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Site 1318
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30041, United States
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Site 1343
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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Site 1382
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGColumbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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Site 3101
RECRUITINGSeville, SE, 41013, Spain
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Site 3101
RECRUITINGSeville, Spain
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Site 3227
RECRUITINGSalamanca, Spain
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Site 3242
RECRUITINGFreiburg im Breisgau, 79106, Germany
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Site 3360
RECRUITINGMadrid, Spain